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it was obama country during the last election, but with the one third independent voters made up much of suburban moms, is this a strategy that romney is going to be spending more time there later on today. how focused is he on colorado and trying to sway perhaps those one third independent voters? >> that's colorado and it's wisconsin and it's ohio and pennsylvania and all of the other states that are still in play. and the independent voters are indeed absolutely pivotal. each candidate want to make sure they get out their base, their base voters. when we look at the independent votes which is why we believe so strongly that governor romney will be the next president, we see high single and even double digit leads in the polls by romney and ryan. their job is to deliver the final message of optimism and hope in america and urging people to get out to the polls. >> let's talk about the independents because in the 2008 race, president obama, then candidate obama, was really able to appeal to the independents. in this case, it's not so cut and dry. what's the strategy or the focus as h
it was obama country during the last election, but with the one third independent voters made up much of suburban moms, is this a strategy that romney is going to be spending more time there later on today. how focused is he on colorado and trying to sway perhaps those one third independent voters? >> that's colorado and it's wisconsin and it's ohio and pennsylvania and all of the other states that are still in play. and the independent voters are indeed absolutely pivotal. each candidate...
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. >> as the bill sat in congress -- >> no more obama! no more obama! >> -- rage exploded across the country. >> this is a vehicle to take us down a path of total socialism and totalitarianism. >> when it came to explaining health care, the president seemed to play the role of professor in chief. >> he seems to lack that emotional bit when he's talking about the politics. >> in a final blow, a crucial democratic seat passed into republican hands. >> ted kennedy's seat in the u.s. senate, which he had occupied for 46 years until his death last year, has been won by a republican. >> the president had lost the votes he needed to pass health care reform. his staff told him to scale back the bill or pause and return to it later. >> one of his senior advisers said to him, you know, mr. president, unless you're feeling lucky, i just don't think this is going to happen. >> i was making a yoke to them, i said, look, my name's barack obama and i'm not oval office, i've got to be lucky. you know, i felt that we still had an opportunity. although it was going to be
. >> as the bill sat in congress -- >> no more obama! no more obama! >> -- rage exploded across the country. >> this is a vehicle to take us down a path of total socialism and totalitarianism. >> when it came to explaining health care, the president seemed to play the role of professor in chief. >> he seems to lack that emotional bit when he's talking about the politics. >> in a final blow, a crucial democratic seat passed into republican hands....
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think it is putting the country in the right direction, and that is what i am hearing from the obama supporters, but this is a state that you know so well, carol, here in the midwest. it is about winning the hearts and minds of the middle class and getting the people out to the polls. right now the numbers show that it is a tight, tight race and the candidates need every vote they can get. >> but in some states where there is early voting, people are waiting in long lines to vote, so that says that somebody has enthusiasm. >> i want to tell you that iowa is expecting to break a record this year in terms of early voting. over 40% they expect will vote early here, and i can also tell you that the secretary of state has said, and what people here h tell us is that generally more democrats get out to vote early than republicans do, so you are seeing a push here by the romney campaign to get the supporters out to vote early, because it matters hugely here in the final count. >> absolutely. poppy harlow, reporting live from iowa this morning. >>> okay. over to two campaign events going on
think it is putting the country in the right direction, and that is what i am hearing from the obama supporters, but this is a state that you know so well, carol, here in the midwest. it is about winning the hearts and minds of the middle class and getting the people out to the polls. right now the numbers show that it is a tight, tight race and the candidates need every vote they can get. >> but in some states where there is early voting, people are waiting in long lines to vote, so that...
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. >> well, president obama is going to win new york and new jersey. he deoesn't have to worry about that. he has to worry across the country -- >> will that resonate across the country, in your view? >> i think the fact he's not made a mistake in his handling of the response to the storm and he's done a good job and eight out of ten americans feel he's done a great, excellent job, that might get his supporters really uplifted and inspired to go vote for him and maybe knock on doors this final weekend. i don't know -- at the same time, i do think that there are people who are really down. they either have relatives in that area, they live in an influential swing state or battleground state, and they're feeling that this coverage of people fighting in gas lines, not able to get on buses to get to work, bridges closing, really struggling for food in some areas, that this is really sad, it's really heartbreaking, and that's not the kind of thing that usually makes you go for the status quo. >> they seem to be turning their anger at the city mayor, mayor b
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number one, tackling the long-term debt crisis in this country. you do it with a balance of higher taxes on wealthier households, which is what president obama wants, or do you do it almost basically entirely by cutting spending, which is what mitt romney wants? number one. number two, health care. should there be a larger expanded government role to insure that everyone has health care or not? do you have much more private sector oriented solution, which would allow some people not to have health care, which is what mitt romney wants when he wants to repeal obama care? both pieces really get at that very basic choice. i think those are the two central things here. how are we going to pay for a reduction in our debt in terms of our tax code, and number two, our health care system, which is both a matter of insuring people and also it's also a debt question. >> michael, is there any way to measure who picks up which copy in terms of who supports -- who gets more support this go-round? >> you know, i don't know the answer to that question. it's a gr
number one, tackling the long-term debt crisis in this country. you do it with a balance of higher taxes on wealthier households, which is what president obama wants, or do you do it almost basically entirely by cutting spending, which is what mitt romney wants? number one. number two, health care. should there be a larger expanded government role to insure that everyone has health care or not? do you have much more private sector oriented solution, which would allow some people not to have...
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because that's how we run elections in this country. but it is -- it is very clear and it has been clear from day one that the president has had an easier way through the electoral college given the way the west and the midwest are these days. so there are some republicans who believe that there could be that kind of a split. personally i also believe that particularly given what you were showing there in the state of ohio that in these very close battleground states, it may take a lot longer just to count the ballots than we thought. so either we may not know until a long time perfect when the polls close or maybe not for a little bit. you know, days. >> yeah. >> we'll have to see. we could be sitting around for a while. >> in ohio's case it could be weeks with the whole provisional ballot thing. that is a whole other show that we talk about, two weeks until the 17th you may not know. we'll see much more of that. i'm sure you'll be covering it and we'll bring it to you from ohio. gloria, thank you. appreciate it. >> thank you. stay war
because that's how we run elections in this country. but it is -- it is very clear and it has been clear from day one that the president has had an easier way through the electoral college given the way the west and the midwest are these days. so there are some republicans who believe that there could be that kind of a split. personally i also believe that particularly given what you were showing there in the state of ohio that in these very close battleground states, it may take a lot longer...
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in the midst of a really tremendous storm. >> do you think he's won the hearts and minds across the country. >> you have states that were very likely to go very favorable for barack obama it might lead to a favorable impression. there's one narrative of decisive leadership and there's another narrative that the response wasn't sufficiently stro strong. >> it doesn't seem that those things have been placed at the feet of the mayors and the governors. >> the one thing about president obama is the decisive actor. i agree with hillary's reading that this appears to have stopped mitt romney's momentum. the question is this going to be the deciding factor. and what happened with employment leading up to the 18 months leading up to the congressional midterm elections, the employment situation is a little bit stronger. so i think that those fundamentals that matter most. >> it sounds like it could go both ways when you talk about that jobs report, romney trying to use it to his advantage, look at the employmeunemployment rat ticked up and. >> you know, this whole jobs number has been so i think con
in the midst of a really tremendous storm. >> do you think he's won the hearts and minds across the country. >> you have states that were very likely to go very favorable for barack obama it might lead to a favorable impression. there's one narrative of decisive leadership and there's another narrative that the response wasn't sufficiently stro strong. >> it doesn't seem that those things have been placed at the feet of the mayors and the governors. >> the one thing...
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nope, obama will win hands down. vote obama and let's keep this country moving forward. wow. this from sky. i don't know that people will have time to vote. they're busy getting their lives back together. they need transportation. their vehicles are flooded. please keep the conversation going. facebook.com/carolcnn. thanks as always for your comments. next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> and good morning. thank you so much for being with us. we begin this hour with the aftermath of superstar sandy and the full scope of devastation. new pictures in to cnn just about an hour ago. the storm's death toll just in the united states stands at 40. new york city police say 22 people died just within the city. and take a look at these pictures from an nypd helicopter. across the region thousands of people rescued from the flooded homes. many chased to the roof tops to escape the rising waters and today as national guard troops rolls in to overwhelmed towns and villages, normalcy seems so far out of reach. more than 6 million homes and businesses still without power and man
nope, obama will win hands down. vote obama and let's keep this country moving forward. wow. this from sky. i don't know that people will have time to vote. they're busy getting their lives back together. they need transportation. their vehicles are flooded. please keep the conversation going. facebook.com/carolcnn. thanks as always for your comments. next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> and good morning. thank you so much for being with us. we begin this hour...
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president barack obama suspending his campaigning, now back to the primary duties of his job as the country's leader. just moments ago he was at fema headquarters in washington, d.c. talking about the hurricane. let's listen in. >> good afternoon, everybody. obviously all of us across the country are concerned about the potential impact of hurricane sandy. this is a serious and big storm. and my first message is to all people across the eastern seaboard, mid-atlantic going north, you need to take this very seriously. follow the instructions of your state and local officials because they are going to be providing you with the best advice in terms of how to deal with this storm over the coming days. we just had an excellent meeting with the fema team here, the various agencies that are in charge, including the department of defense, department of energy and others that are going to need to respond very quickly. under craig fugate's leadership here at fema, we've had a chance to talk to the region al officials as well, and i had talks with governors of various states as well as other leaders. ev
president barack obama suspending his campaigning, now back to the primary duties of his job as the country's leader. just moments ago he was at fema headquarters in washington, d.c. talking about the hurricane. let's listen in. >> good afternoon, everybody. obviously all of us across the country are concerned about the potential impact of hurricane sandy. this is a serious and big storm. and my first message is to all people across the eastern seaboard, mid-atlantic going north, you need...
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and the economy overall is doing better than the rest of the country. but voters are still undecided. and as poppy harlow heard, there are still concerns. >> we basically started this in a run-down garage. >> reporter: that was 33 years ago, how is business? >> slow. >> reporter: you see, kevin has watched the business at his metal company fall and fall, down 20% this year. >> mid-2012, it started to slow down. and it has been a downward trend ever since, probably may. >> reporter: but his iowa is not the iowa the economic numbers illustrate, largely spared by the housing crisis, reaping the benefits of a strong farming sector, and unemployment well below the national average. >> i realize here, we're not bad in iowa. but our customer basis not basically in iowa. >> reporter: matters how california looks and how nevada and virginia looks. >> right. >> it is difficult for mitt romney to say this economy is in free fall, it is not. unemployment rate here is pretty darn good, 5.2%, the lowest in the country. the president won by ten points here in the last
and the economy overall is doing better than the rest of the country. but voters are still undecided. and as poppy harlow heard, there are still concerns. >> we basically started this in a run-down garage. >> reporter: that was 33 years ago, how is business? >> slow. >> reporter: you see, kevin has watched the business at his metal company fall and fall, down 20% this year. >> mid-2012, it started to slow down. and it has been a downward trend ever since, probably...
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>> it's a big push around the country and it was a big factor in 2008, the obama campaign really put all stops out and got a lot of people out to vote on that last sunday before election day. so i went to a church here, the st. john ame church and they were out right after the sermon, fred, they put the people on the church bus who had not gone out to vote and they took them to the polling place and -- but there was quite a surprise when they got to the polling place because the lines were literally, and i'm not using a cliche here, wrapped around the building and a number of circles. it's unbelievable how many people are coming out early to vote. but this souls to the polls is actual working? >> did they stick with the line? >> we rode with the church bus, i went with a lady, eugenia wilkins, who's 63 years old. and we were like, where do you get in line? it was like a circle, almost like the circle when you go through the airport, when you that one line that kind of snakes in and out. and she said, i'm going to try to wait here, but i want to get home to see myself on television. i
>> it's a big push around the country and it was a big factor in 2008, the obama campaign really put all stops out and got a lot of people out to vote on that last sunday before election day. so i went to a church here, the st. john ame church and they were out right after the sermon, fred, they put the people on the church bus who had not gone out to vote and they took them to the polling place and -- but there was quite a surprise when they got to the polling place because the lines...
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. >> the economy is doing fine in god's country. >> you voted for president obama in 2008. what about this year? >> not a chance. >> warren, ohio, and lordstown, ohio. two towns 15 minutes apart with two very different stories. does this town really revolve around the gm plant? >> yes. >> no question? >> no question. >> we meant sherry gaunt in lordstown, long time gm worker and vice president of the local united autoworkers. >> look where gm is now. if the government didn't step in, might not be working, might not have a job. >> here at gm's lordstown, ohio, plant, they're cranking out the chevy cruz. they're got from one shift of 100 workers to three shifts with 4500 workers today. but like most autoworkers these days, she felt the pain of the layoffs. >> how much does it play into politics for you in this election? >> it means everything. >> everything? >> everything. we're doing real well right now. >> her coworkers told us a similar story. who are you supporting for president? >> obama. >> why? >> because he's for the working class. and he helped with the bailout. >> i
. >> the economy is doing fine in god's country. >> you voted for president obama in 2008. what about this year? >> not a chance. >> warren, ohio, and lordstown, ohio. two towns 15 minutes apart with two very different stories. does this town really revolve around the gm plant? >> yes. >> no question? >> no question. >> we meant sherry gaunt in lordstown, long time gm worker and vice president of the local united autoworkers. >> look where...
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and as you know, at the obama rallies they are shouting "four more years, four more years" and i heard you, we are shouting "four more days, four more days." we are so grateful to you and frankly people across the country for all that you have done and they have done to give yourselves to the campaign. as you though, this is is not about just paul and me, but this is about america, and it is about the future that we will leave to our children. we thank you. we ask you to stay at it all of the way to the finish line, because we are going to win on tuesday night. you know, the closing hours of a campaign have a dynamic all their own. a lot of voters have known for some time who they were going to vote for, but there are others who are just now putting aside the demands of the daily life and considering how their vote will affect their own life, the life of their children and of course the course of the country that we love. we ask them and you to look beyond the speeches and the attacks and the ads. look to the record. to the accomplishments and the failures and the judgments. words are
and as you know, at the obama rallies they are shouting "four more years, four more years" and i heard you, we are shouting "four more days, four more days." we are so grateful to you and frankly people across the country for all that you have done and they have done to give yourselves to the campaign. as you though, this is is not about just paul and me, but this is about america, and it is about the future that we will leave to our children. we thank you. we ask you to...
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campaigning and run to country. and mitt romney can't attack the president while he's trying to steady the ship, or can he? with us is lz granderson and will cain. thanks for joining us, guys. >> we just heard the president has decided not only to cancel a florida campaign appearance he had scheduled forred to but also canceling another one scheduled for washington so he can be in d.c. and keep the ship steady. i suppose that's a great idea, right, lz? >> it's the smart idea. that's what the president of the united states should do in a situation like this. we're talking about a storm that could impact as far west as wisconsin, in terms of winds hitting power lines and causing some outages. it's very important for him to be presidential right now. >> as far as mitt romney goes, he can't attack the president too much. this is a time that the country needs to come together. so, will, what does mitt romney do? >> carol, i think he attempts to be empathetic. he defers to the president and the leadership position the pre
campaigning and run to country. and mitt romney can't attack the president while he's trying to steady the ship, or can he? with us is lz granderson and will cain. thanks for joining us, guys. >> we just heard the president has decided not only to cancel a florida campaign appearance he had scheduled forred to but also canceling another one scheduled for washington so he can be in d.c. and keep the ship steady. i suppose that's a great idea, right, lz? >> it's the smart idea. that's...
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cleveland, number one market in the country currently and list the contracts. obama for america, $425,250. just one deal. experts say it's only going to get worse. he's been working in the tv department for 30 years. but it's the last 30 days that have just about done him in. >> i'm mitt romney and i approved this message. >> reporter: i imagine you can't wait until election day. >> i'll be thrilled when it's over. >> reporter: full disclosure, i should say like the tv stations i, too, benefit from the swing state status. after all, it brought me home. hey, mom. guess who this is. >> martin savage, that's a great piece. taking us down memory lane and what a way to make it personal. you were talking to us specifically about cleveland, akron and that market inundated by the campaigns. what about other parts of the state? there are those 18 electoral votes up for grabs in ohio. who else could grab those? >> reporter: well, i mean all of the state is up for grabs as you say. democrats, obama campaign, watching voting as it takes place on election day. right here in
cleveland, number one market in the country currently and list the contracts. obama for america, $425,250. just one deal. experts say it's only going to get worse. he's been working in the tv department for 30 years. but it's the last 30 days that have just about done him in. >> i'm mitt romney and i approved this message. >> reporter: i imagine you can't wait until election day. >> i'll be thrilled when it's over. >> reporter: full disclosure, i should say like the tv...
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. >>> all right, we are just nine days away from election day and what president obama and mitt romney are leaving nothing to chance, they and their financial running mates have been crisscrossing across the country with hurricane sandy now pending. a.b. stoddard, joining us from washington. the president returning to his job as the country's leader, trying to address with all that may come with hurricane sandy, mitt romney, he's changing his campaigning plans from virginia and now to new hampshire and focusing on ohio. give me an idea, you think this is kind of become the october surprise, this weather system is changing the course of the election for both candidates? >> and it comes at a time when there's no clear front-runner in the race. there's a lot of polls that show that president bhaum has the structural advantage in the swing states, they need to be in virginia, they need to be in ohio, the storm will affect certain states where they really need to be there in person and there's no more critical time to be there and hold rallies and be there in person. >> if they wanted to ha
. >>> all right, we are just nine days away from election day and what president obama and mitt romney are leaving nothing to chance, they and their financial running mates have been crisscrossing across the country with hurricane sandy now pending. a.b. stoddard, joining us from washington. the president returning to his job as the country's leader, trying to address with all that may come with hurricane sandy, mitt romney, he's changing his campaigning plans from virginia and now to...